Frequently Used Search Engines
For search strategies and special features of these familiar tools, see the General Search Engines Comparison Chart.
Specialized Search Engines
Use these special search engine types to build more directed searches:
| Search Engine Type |
Uses |
Librarians' Picks |
| Meta Search Engines |
Combine the power of multiple search engines into a single search. |
Dogpile, iBoogie, ixquick, Surfwax
|
| "Clustering" Search Engines |
Narrow a broad search to a more specific one. Results are grouped by common key words. |
Clusty (also does meta searching), Grokker |
| "Invisible Web" Search Engines |
Find resources located within databases where traditional search engines can't "look." |
InfoMine, CompletePlanet |
| Web Directories |
Browse listings of selected web sites organized into subject categories. |
About.com,
Librarian's Index to the Internet, Yahoo Directory |
For search strategies, see the Meta Search Engines Comparison Chart and the Web Directories Comparison Chart.
Scholarly Search Engines
The following search tools allow you to access scholarly journal articles that are available free on the web and do not require a subscription.
| Scholarly Search Engine |
About this Search Engine |
| BioMed |
Online publisher of electronic open access journals in the life sciences. |
| D.O.A.J. |
The Directory of Open Access Journals provides access to journals across multiple disciplines. |
| E-Journal USA |
Five open access journals on political and economic topics by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs. |
| ERIC |
Education Resources Information Center provides access to education research journals. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. |
| Google Scholar |
For more about Google Scholar, see Find Valencia Library Items in Google Scholar. |
| Highwire Press |
Searchable collection of scholarly electronic journal articles with some free content. |
| InfoMine |
Allows you to search or browse selected scholarly internet resources by discipline or search within e-journals. |
| Intute Arts & Humanities |
Directory to electronic arts & humanities journals. |
| Intute Engineering |
Directory to electronic engineering journals. |
| Public Library of Science |
Online publisher of open access science journals. |
| PubMed |
Search or browse selected free electronic journals in health and medicine. Sponsored by the National Instutites of Health. |
| SocioSite |
Directory to electronic social sciences journals. |
New & Experimental Search Engines
Have some fun with these creative and sometimes quirky alternatives.
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Research Tools
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